The Netherlands will tackle Scotland in a winner-takes-all ultimate fixture on 20 June after the guests made quick paintings in their goal of 161 to win via seven wickets with 14 balls ultimate. The Dutch were given off to a flier after successful the toss and electing to bat, with openers Tobias Visee (25 from 15 balls) and Max O’Dowd (31 from 25) each and every reeling off a succession of barriers within the Powerplay.

The Scots stemmed the flows of runs moderately after left-arm spinner Mark Watt – who was once probably the most parsimonious in their bowlers, returning figures of one/18 from his 4 overs – blank bowled Visee and Richie Berrington had O’Dowd stuck at short-leg via Michael Leask, however the skilled Wesley Barresi saved the scoreboard transferring, hitting 53 from 51 balls to sign up his fourth T20I half-century.

Alasdair Evans accounted for Ben Cooper (22 from 19) and Sikander Zulfiqar to additional halt the Netherlands’ growth within the ultimate overs and Scotland would were fairly satisfied to limit their warring parties to 160/6 given the sooner fireworks.

Scotland’s openers began with conviction, George Munsey (46 from 29) and captain Kyle Coetzer (42 from 20) taking part in expansively to convey up the 50 in simply 3.Three overs.

Coetzer sooner or later skied one to hide off the bowling of Fred Klaassen and Munsey fell 4 wanting what would were a moment half-century within the layout, holing out to deep square-leg off Barresi. It was once Munsey’s 3rd vital contribution of the event, his ratings thus far studying 41, 46, 46.

Calum MacLeod fell to skipper Pieter Seelaar for 14 however there have been no additional alarms, as Berrington (49* from 32) guided his group house with lots to spare.

The victory leaves Scotland on 3 issues, in the back of second-placed Eire on internet run fee and one level in the back of the Netherlands. If they may be able to inflict every other defeat at the hosts within the ultimate fixture of the contest, the trophy will probably be theirs.